Congress

It’s “hate the sin and hate the sinner” for the husband of a woman caught kissing a married U.S. representative. Heath Peacock says Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La., ruined his marriage and has destroyed his life, according to CNN. The trouble began on Monday when the Ouachita Citizen published video of McAllister kissing a woman who […]
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Fox News has deemed the federal shutdown merely a “slimdown.” Though the network is not using the term on-air, it’s all over its website. Exhibit A: Compare that to, say, the LA Times and every other major news outlet: Technically, Fox is right. The government’s still chugging along, having relieved itself of only deemed-as-such “non-essential”
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Though an open secret for years, the realization finally sunk in thanks to some high-profile news reports this week that, yup, Americans are being watched on a massive scale. As the Guardian informed us Wednesday, the government’s National Security Agency enjoys unfettered access to your phone records (and has since 2006, if you don’t recall).
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Former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann recently became a citizen of Switzerland after her husband claimed his heritage. “Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978,” Becky Rogness said in a statement to POLITICO, which first reported the story in the United States. [...]
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A Democratic representative in the Mississippi statehouse, Steve Holland, has filed proposed legislation in Jackson to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Technically, he calls the body of water, “the body of water that is located directly south of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties,” according to Wonkette.
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Sen. John Kerry showed off some serious battle wounds when he visited the White House Monday for an event honoring the Boston Bruins, who won the Stanley Cup last year. Coincidentally, the Massachusetts Democrat had injured himself on the ice, getting hit with a hockey stick during a recent game. He had bruising around his [...]
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According to recent polls, Congress is on track to record the lowest annual approval rating in Gallup polling history. The most recent Gallup monthly poll shows Congress having an approval rating of just 13 percent. Last month, however, a New York Times/CBS poll showed Congress’ approval rating dipping into the single digits–bottoming out at a [...]
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By Kelsey Williams, SFGate: Today, the Pentagon announced that it is suspending its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in compliance with Wednesday’s appeals court ruling that the military stop the policy banning openly gay servicemen and women. According to the memo, released Friday afternoon to all secretaries of military departments, the military must halt all [...]
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